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Recent Examples of hagiographer
But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.
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Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb.
—Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2020
Hansen is not a hagiographer, and parts of the book are unflattering and depart from official Cuban lore.
—Michael J. Bustamante, Washington Post, 5 July 2019
Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb.
—Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2020
Hansen is not a hagiographer, and parts of the book are unflattering and depart from official Cuban lore.
—Michael J. Bustamante, Washington Post, 5 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hagiographer
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Marta González de la Rubia, an archivist at Loewe who gave me a tour of the facility, told me that in the company’s early decades the retention of samples had been haphazard, and that this was especially true with the company’s packaging.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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In the near future, digital archivist Sara Hussein is returning home to Los Angeles after a work trip when she’s pulled aside by agents from an organization called the Risk Assessment Administration.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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In his newest book, The Maverick's Museum: Albert Barnes and his American Dream (Ecco), art critic and biographer Blake Gopnik—formerly a Newsweek reporter—brings Barnes and his collection to life.—
Blake Gopnik,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
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Franklin, an award-winning biographer, details how Frank’s legacy was formed, and sometimes deformed, by her father, Otto, who survived her.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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The genealogists interviewed and tested the DNA of thousands of people.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
10 Jan. 2025
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In the case of Edwards, Beaumont detective Tina Lewallen and genetic genealogist Shera LaPoint helped create a family tree that led to a suspect named Clayton Foreman, who had grown up in Beaumont and attended the same high school as the victim, Edwards.—
Paige Harriss,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2025
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This was true for autobiographers and for belletristic authors.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Dec. 2024
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Most Black autobiographers never even planned to publish (or thought about publishing) their books commercially.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Dec. 2024
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“Hagiographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hagiographer. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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